1952 Marne Grand Prix

The 20th Grand Prix de la Marne was a non-championship Formula Two motor race held on 29 June 1952 at the Reims-Gueux circuit. It was the fourth round of the 1952 Les Grands Prix de France championship. Race distance was decided not by distance but by time, the duration being 3 hours. The race was won by Jean Behra driving a Gordini Type 16. Giuseppe Farina was second in a Ferrari 500, and his teammates Alberto Ascari and Luigi Villoresi shared third place, Villoresi's own car having suffered engine failure. Ascari set pole and fastest lap.^[1][2]

1952 Marne Grand Prix
Non-championship race in the 1952 Formula One season
Race details
Date	29 June 1952
Official name	XX Grand Prix de la Marne
Location	Reims-Gueux, Reims
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	7.198 km (4.473 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 511.058 km (317.557 mi)
Pole position
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	2:26.2
Fastest lap
Driver	Alberto Ascari	Ferrari
Time	2:28.2
Podium
First	Jean Behra	Gordini
Second	Giuseppe Farina	Ferrari
Third	Alberto Ascari Luigi Villoresi	Ferrari

Classification

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Entrant	Car	Time/Retired	Grid
1	4	Jean Behra	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	71 laps, 169.52kph	4
2	12	Giuseppe Farina	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	+1 lap	2
3	10	Alberto Ascari Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	+1 lap	1
4	6	B. Bira	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	+2 laps	6
5	38	Louis Rosier	Ecurie Rosier	Ferrari 500	+6 laps	11
6	44	Johnny Claes	Ecurie Belge	Simca Gordini Type 15	+7 laps	19
7	42	Mike Hawthorn	Archie Bryde	Cooper T20-Bristol	+7 laps	9
8	20	Yves Giraud-Cabantous	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	+7 laps	13
NC	22	Emmanuel de Graffenried	Scuderio Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48	+10 laps	20
NC	26	Stirling Moss	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	+11 laps	10
NC	34	Eric Brandon Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	+13 laps	12
Ret	2	Robert Manzon	Equipe Gordini	Gordini Type 16	49 laps, driver injury	3
Ret	24	Harry Schell	Scuderia Enrico Platé	Maserati 4CLT/48	24 laps	23
Ret	16	Lance Macklin	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	23 laps, ignition	18
Ret	30	Piero Carini	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	17 laps	8
Ret	40	Robin Montgomerie-Charrington	Bill Aston	Aston Butterworth	15 laps, transmission	22
Ret	18	Peter Collins	HW Motors	HWM-Alta	13 laps, engine	16
Ret	28	Gianfranco Comotti	Scuderia Marzotto	Ferrari 166	11 laps	17
Ret	32	Alan Brown	Ecurie Richmond	Cooper T20-Bristol	5 laps, engine	7
Ret	14	Luigi Villoresi	Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari 500	4 laps, engine	5
Ret	46	Peter Whitehead	Peter Whitehead	Alta F2	3 laps, gearbox	15
Ret	8	Maurice Trintignant	Equipe Gordini	Simca Gordini Type 15	2 laps, engine	14
DNS	36	Élie Bayol	Élie Bayol	O.S.C.A. MT4	car not ready